Last confirmed: Southern Miss, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · Brookhaven, MS
Ja'Boree Poole: DL · Southern Miss · #85.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ja'Boree Poole
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. 2 stars out of high school, 1 seasons of real snaps at Southern Miss since. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 3 sacks against Louisiana — Bowl, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
SuperTalk Mississippi Media Oct 23
Yahoo Sports Oct 12Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Southern Miss | 25 | 18 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 2 |
| Career | 25 | 18 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-35@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 56-0vs Savannah State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-37vs Troy | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-7@ UTEP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-28vs Rice | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 6 | L 32-55@ UTSA | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-14vs Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-38vs Charlotte | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 35-51@ Old Dominion | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-29@ North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 39-24vs Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 28-21@ Louisiana | 9 | 7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 18 | 9.5 | 7.0 | — | 2 |
Bowl · 2016
W 28-21
vs Louisiana · neutral site
3 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
38%10 TFLSack rate
28%7 sacksHurry rate
20%5 hurries25 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 7 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Hopson
Pass share
47.5%
477 pass / 527 run
Plays / game
77.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
512 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Southern Miss, 7 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Todd Monken → Jay Hopson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
